Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/1041

 PUBLIC LAW 98-623—NOV. 8, 1984

98 STAT. 3413

"(h) The Administrator shall not take final action on any application unless the applicant has paid to the Administrator a reasonable administrative fee, which shall be deposited into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. The amount of the fee imposed by the Administrator on any applicant shall reflect the reasonable administrative costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in reviewing and processing the application.". TITLE VII—EXPOSURE SUITS SEC. 701. (a)(1) Chapter 31 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "§ 3102. Exposure suits "(a) The Secretary shall by regulation require exposure suits on vessels designated by the Secretary that operate in the Atlantic Ocean north of 32 degrees North latitude or south of 32 degrees South latitude and in all other waters north of 35 degrees North latitude or south of 35 degrees South latitude. The Secretary may not exclude a vessel from designation under this section only because that vessel carries other lifesaving equipment. "(b) The Secretary shall establish standards for an exposure suit required by this section, including standards to guarantee adequate thermal protection, buoyance, and flotation stability. "(c)(1) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel violating this section or a regulation prescribed under this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty. "(2) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel violating this section or a regulation prescribed under this section may be fined not more than $25,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.". (2) The analysis of chapter 31 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after the item relating to section 3101 the following:

46 USC 3102. Regulations. Vessels. Health.

"3102. Exposure suits.".

(b) Section 3102 of title 46, United States Code (as added by 46 USC 3102 subsection (a) of this section), does not limit the authority of the note. Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe regulations requiring exposure suits on vessels not required by section 3102 to have exposure suits. (c) The regulations prescribed under section 3102 of title 46, Effective date. United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section), shall 46 USC 3102 be effective not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this note. title.

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